Saturday, February 19, 2011

I love my husband. Got home yesterday from the shop and he'd done cleaned the house and moved the living room into summer mode. It's early, sure, but we're ready for the living room to be open again.

We have two modes, summer and winter. For the winter mode, we have a snuggly couch corner and for summer mode, we have the space open and free flowing. Got home yesterday and the place looked great. And I have three days off with Tim. Woohoo.

The only bummer to the weekend is that our bookshop is closing. Most of those workers have been there forever and I'm sorry they're losing their jobs. It's also got a great cafe and Tim does a good deal of writing there, while I read jogging magazines and flip through cookery books. I love, love, love, metric cooking and only buy metric cookbooks. Borders offered a wide selection of those - and for bargain bin prices.

I'll miss that.

Just finished yoga and mediation, now it's time to hit Texas Roadhouse for some steaks, honey butter rolls, and the best house salad this side of the snow belt. Total cost for two with tip: 25 smackers. Love that.

You all have a yummy weekend. And if you missed it, the Wonder Woman Quiz 8 results are posted. Great job guys. Safety pins and gum drops for everyone.

27 comments:

Although we have a a couple of second hand book stores in Tonbridge, and WH Smiths (which stocks books and magazines, as well as sweets, toys, a few DVDs etc), I don't think the town has ever had a dedicated new bookstore like a Borders.

Sadly, I think the time has passed that anyone would consider opening a new bookstore these days.

Borders does have those great metric cookbooks. I have a few. I'm not ready for 'summer' mode but the warm weather yesterday had me wanting to clean out the flower beds.The nearest Borders to me is staying open. I do a lot of writing in their cafe too.

Bridgewater is staying open and it has a cafe. You guys can always come down here. Woodbridge Mall Borders Express is staying open too.! That surprised me. That store is so tiny all they have are the best sellers and you have to park outside and walk a lot to get there.

It was 71 here yesterday and sunny with snow still on the ground. Man that summer rearraging sounds good. I might to that also.

Hey Guys: I feel bad for the workers at the bookshop. The place was packed. Where were all those people before?

Cafe was shut down for drinks and writing. Just sold product. Lines were so long and the deals weren't great. In fact, we paid more for our two books than we would have, had we bought it last week. But we had gift cards to burn up. Tim bought a gaming book and I bought a cookbook.

Lurker: Glad you liked your apple gum drops. And thanks again for the great review on Tim's game. Sending you a second bag of crisps, straight away.

Flea: We have a second hand bookshop in town, but it's been sold to a new owner. Haven't meet the new owner.

Thanks Alex. I feel worse for the girls. They've worked there for so so so long. They're a great bunch.

Susan: Glad your Borders is staying open. That's fantastic.

Pat: Wow. 71 degrees. That's fantastic. Glad Bridgewater is staying open. That's a great little cafe. The Bridgewater Wegmans has a great cafe too. Wish we could teleport ourselves and meet you there. Our Express will remain open. It's dinky. No cafe.

Thanks, Porky. Good wishes are very nice. Cheered me up, this blog did. You guys are the best. I read Tim what you wrote and he said if I keep telling you all about the good things he does, you guys will take him off your blog rolls.

mshatch: I do indeed. He's a keeper.

Todd: Thanks for the weekend wishes and congrats again on finding a good writing partner. That's exciting stuff.

Niki: I hope your daughter doesn't lose her job. I'll be thinking of you guys.

Jess: OMG is right. Those rolls are fantastic. And I love the cinnamon butter. Num num num.

Thanks for stopping by, thanks for the promise of chips (how did you know baked organic with sea salt is my favorite? No really), and thanks especially for posting pictures of the most delicious-looking foods. As a writer and a cook myself, I am more than happy to follow!

Also, that's a bummer about the bookstore. Around here, at least, we already have so few. Sad to see another one go.

Are you positive your location is closing? Borders is only filing a chapter 11. That just means a reorganization not a liquidation. They will close some locations but not all of them. In the process their lease agreements will become void and then they will go around and negotiate their lease agreements for maybe half the cost. It's a great negotiating tactic. However, if you're certain your location is leaving then I'm really sorry about that. I hate to see bookstores fall. That's why the movie You've Got Mail always makes me sad.